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• Michael S. Harshani, 21, Pana, was arrested on March 6 on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. No bond information was listed.
• Zane A. Doyle, 19, 225 S. Eighth St., Vandalia, was arrested on March 5 on a charge of retail theft. Bond was $1,500.
• Eric L. Hasenfratz, 41, High Ridge, Mo., was arrested on March 4 on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was $20,000.

Fayette County could be adding a time clock in the future.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Fayette County Board, Joe Hart of Bloomington-based Bellwether, the county’s administrative consultant, told board members that he will be demonstrating a time clock on Friday.
“We’ll move forward from there,” Hart said.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, board Chairman Jeff Beckman asked County Treasurer Rose Hoover about the current state of the county’s finances.

March 5
• 4:02 p.m. – Officers arrested Travis Dutton, 36, of Vandalia, in the 200 block of North Kennedy Boulevard on a charge of possession of methamphetamine.
• 8:18 p.m. – During a traffic stop at Veterans Avenue and Sunset Drive, officers arrested Richard Dutton, 56, of Altamont, on charges of driving while his license is revoked, possession of drug paraphernalia and operation of an uninsured motor vehicle. Adena Eltzroth, 35, of Vandalia, was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of a hypodermic needle.

Vandalia’s citywide Cleanup Week is about seven weeks away.
At its meeting on Monday, the Vandalia City Council set Cleanup Week for April 23-27.
During Cleanup Week, residents who are customers of Doty Sanitation can set out unwanted items with their regular trash on their regular trash pickup days. Phone calls to city hall for pickup of unwanted items are not necessary.
Items that will not be accepted include: paint in the wet stage, car batteries, tires, brush and landscape waste, construction materials and hazardous waste.

Two California men have been charged with Class X felony cannabis charges after being arrested in Fayette County last Thursday.
Christian O. Peralta Martinez, 34, of Miranda, Calif., and Shawn E. Hulsey, 33, of Leggett, Calif., were arrested on charges of cannabis trafficking, delivery of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, possession of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis and calculated cannabis conspiracy.

The Vandalia City Council discussed just about all aspects of the city’s water distribution during its Monday meeting.
The discussion started when Alderman Dorothy Crawford, chairman of the council’s water and sewer committee, reported on a “massive leak” late last week that “almost emptied both towers.”

Whether it be to repair water line breaks, fill potholes or paint road markings, Vandalia’s public works department employees are often working on or alongside roads in the city many times throughout the year.
With that in mind, motorists need to slow down when they see city employees busy with those tasks.
“People need to drive safely through work zones,” Alderman B. John Clark, chairman of the council’s streets committee, said at Monday’s council meeting.

As Vandalia residents plan to clear their yards of limbs, leaves and other landscape waste, they are reminded that only paper bags are to be used for grass clippings and leaves.
The landscape waste in paper bags, as well as limbs and sticks, is to be placed in a pile along their street for pickup.
Vandalia’s public works department routine runs routes for pickups of landscape waste once a week, usually early in the week, depending on the weather.
Large, 30-pound paper bags are available locally at a number of local businesses.